27 weeks

Hi Friends!
What a week! Busy, busy at work and with Mason deployed the weeks tend to feel like months now. I can't believe that a week from now, I will be in my third and last trimester!  Miles has been moving lots, especially at night. I’m really starting to see my belly take on weird shapes as he moves around. Sleep has been rather tough too, it’s for sure getting harder to get comfortable at night and I am awoken by mid-night kicks every so often. I’m feeling very pregnant now. My back is killing me, I have terrible acid reflux at night, I go through a roll of toilet paper a day because I’m in there so darn much and I am always tired.

He’s worth everything.

What Miles has been up to this week:
He’s sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing his eyes, and perhaps even sucking his fingers! With more brain tissue developing, his brain is very active now, responding to stimulus from the outside world. While his lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if he were to be born now.

26 weeks

 What Miles has been up to this week:

He’s inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of his lungs. These so-called breathing movements are also good practice for when he’s born and takes that first gulp of air. His eyes are almost fully formed. His hearing system is now completely formed, and, over the next few weeks he'll become increasingly sensitive to sound. In about a month I'll be able to feel him jump if he hears a sudden loud noise.

25 weeks

       I say this all the time, but WOW time is flying! I can’t believe 25 weeks is over! I was just talking about how it seemed only yesterday we found out I was 5 weeks pregnant and how getting to this point would seem like forever. I’m enjoying this pregnancy and I know I should cherish each moment of it but I still wish December would hurry up so I can meet my little stud :) Miles has been kicking like crazy the past couple weeks, he can literally wake me up at night. Mason likes to put his face to my belly sometimes and talk to him. Lately though, Miles responds with kicks to Daddy's face haha! Its great!

What Miles has been up to this week:
He’s growing more hair — and if you could see it, you’d now be able to discern its color and texture. He can touch and hold his feet and make a fist. He also has a regular sleep schedule now and active and inactive periods. 

22 weeks

According to the pregnancy calendar my fifth month is over. What an exciting month it has been! Feeling the baby move and finding out that we’re having a baby boy topped the list. Mason has now been able to experience feeling him move! It's amazing that the small flutters I felt at first have now changed to forceful little kicks. The other night I swear that boy was flying on a trapeze because I layed in bed and felt him swinging around like a wild man for 10 minutes, it was amazing!




Facts about Miles this week:

1.His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment.
2.If I could see inside my womb, I’d be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he’ll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in.
3.He can hear me and anyone who speaks around my belly!

A Nursery in Progress

Here is a mini project board that I put together for Miles modern chocolate and lime green nursery!

Pregnant with a Prince: 19 weeks!

Friends, It’s official, We’re having a baby boy! I am elated! I’ll tell you, I swore it was a girl all along but I could not be happier with our little prince.

I am on cloud nine just thinking about our sweet baby boy…Miles Edward.

18 weeks

It's hard to believe that I am only 2 weeks away from being half way through my pregnancy, Gosh time flies! Week 18 has gotten off to a great start. Why, do you ask? Well, I felt the baby move for the first time! It was literally like butterfly’s or bubbles floating across my abdomen. The first time I felt it I was in disbelief that it was actually the baby but a few hours later, I felt it again! This time it felt like pop corn popping in my belly. I know that it will be awhile longer before baby's kicks and punches can be felt from the outside, but I sure wish Mason could feel them now too.


Baby changes this week:
Baby's become amazingly mobile, passing the hours yawning, hiccupping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking, and swallowing. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around It's nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he/she is born. If we're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. However, If we're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound. (Lets pray that this doesn't happen next week at our gender discovery ultrasound!)